Plants are like humans in many respects. Not only are plants living, breathing organisms, but they also require a proper balanced diet to be healthy and beautiful. There's a lot of activity going on within plants that we can't see. A healthy plant will grow and make its own vitamins, fats, proteins and a menagerie of goodies required for its metabolism. But how do we keep our plants properly fed?

The truth is, you don't need to go out and buy all kinds of expensive specialty fertilizers for your plants. A high quality all-purpose fertilizer is all that's necessary for most plants. Don't be misled, many "all-purpose" fertilizers contain chemicals and fillers that aren't essential to a plant's well-being. A good all-purpose fertilizer will contain the essential nutrients needed by the plant in a completely balanced, organic-based formula, ideal for optimal plant development.

Here's the good news, there has been a breakthrough in plant nutrition!!! The folks at Baicor created Nutra Green, an all-purpose fertilizer that includes all of the elements that plants need along with a high balanced concentration of micro-nutrients needed by most plants.

video: Nutra Green Featured on Things Green

Want amazing potted plants?

Even if you have acres of land chances are you're growing plants in containers: houseplants, patio plants, office plants and so on. And, it makes sense as we only have so much land to go around so why not pot them up!

The Downside to potted plants

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This is a typical potted plant.

We watered it.

Look at all of the nutrients leaching out of the plant.

We were curious to see exactly how much nutrients were being leached out of a potted plant every time it's watered so we decided to conduct an experiment.

Our Experiment

Solution to problem

These two basil plants were planted at the exact same time in good soil. The plant on the left was not treated with any sort of fertilizer. Over time the nutrients in the soil leached out causing the plant to stunt. However, the basil plant on the right was treated only once with Nutra-Gel.

An excellent all-purpose fertilizer as well as a great starter for your plants, providing continuous fertilization for up to 3-6 months.

When water hydrates these crystals they swell into these nuggets holding between 200 to 400 times their weight in water! ​

This is fascinating!

When the plant gets thirsty they'll latch on to the swollen crystals to get a drink allowing you to water less frequently. But, the real magic happens in the patented process with the crystals able to hold then release fertilizer as your container plants need. After its nutrients are exhausted, the gel continues to act as an absorbent and can even take up new nutrients, providing plants with better growing conditions.

It's Simple!

Following the directions on the container we only need one teaspoon of NutraGel for a 6 inch pot. Mix it thoroughly then plant away. The results will astonish you.